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I really want Zelda. Just not at $360, unless it's a gift and that's a bit too pricey to ask of any friends/family.

Man. I miss big ass mall arcades.

Xbox game pass is only $10 and let's you download. Yeah scalebound cancellation sucks, but I'm honestly jealous of XBO owners for once.

The professor next door to me said his pastor's wife told her she's not to go to Beauty and the Beast because their church is boycotting due to the gay character. Said professor is Jewish himself and seems to be looking forward to the movie. lol He even told me a funny story about one of his colleagues at Baylor who turned out to be gay (which is why they found some way to get rid of him, according to my Jewish professor friend). So yeah, boycotts and negative media attention before the game even hits could ruin everything.

I really only got a lengthy response from one older, black/female student who thought it would be cool and mentioned growing up in Germany experiencing racism and noticing how many white Barbies there were and her brother wanting a white action figure. Something about wanting to be treated like those action figures. It was an interesting analogy. 

Another student said he didn't think games should try it, but when I said "ok, why?" (inquisitively, I was genuinely curious why, not trying to shut him down) he actually said "ummm ... I actually can't think of a reason." Which sucks, cause I wanted to hear why. Maybe he just isn't interested and doesn't think others would be either, which is a valid point I think.

Only other response I remember is someone bringing up what age you play games and how that affects creativity, knowledge, etc. She said her brothers were young and learned better through gaming on the Wii etc., but thought once you became a teen you would play more violent stuff. 

Another girl just said there's a line between using video games responsibly to achieve some of those positive things and becoming obsessed (this was related to the "real v. virtual happiness"/meaning part). 

If you haven't noticed, SFA is about 64% female and so are my classes. lol

I also asked them about MOOCs (I think you took a course like that for web design) and Touch Technology (where you can supposedly feel silk or smell pizza via your phone). To my pleasant surprise, most said they still prefer face-to-face courses and there was some mention of not wanting smells to come from your phone (touch was fine though). 

The chapter was on Internet if you're wondering why it seems to be so all over the place. They're next test is over movies, television, and Internet. 

Oh so until you spend $25 in their store you can't access certain lower-priced CDs. Gothca. 

Hahaha I remember NGage and Snoop Dogg ads for it. I also remember when the Motorolla Razor was the best phone you could buy. 

When Blockbuster had like 4-5 day game rentals and I was young enough to have all that free time, I rented a ton of games that I either did or nearly beat. I need to be careful about what PS+ games I decide to DL.

I think I saw someone on here complain about late fees they had with GameFly? I don't know; like I said I'll be getting a free trial after the spring break.

Are you talking about Origin?

Oh PS Now is shit, especially if you don't have the highest available Internet connection. It worked when I had the step above lowest Internet possible at my old apartment, but when I tried it at my parents' house over a break (always makes me feel like a college kid again) it was laggy as all hell and constantly being interrupted. Just let me download the f*ing games! I heavily doubt they couldn't just put PS3 games on the PS Store if they have the tech to stream them.

There are definitely advantages to digital I think people skirt around because they don't want game companies taking advantage of it by screwing with licenses. 

Yeah, Blockbuster used to do that. They had printing kiosks. If you brought your memory card, you could upload your pictures to it and print them. It might have only been in select areas, I don't know. 

Oooor... you just brought the cartridge in. Huh. 

I'll have to tell my parents not to accept calls from unknown numbers. I think they already don't, but just remind them why not to. 

I think I'd mostly listen to the Adam and Dr. Drew show, since I listened to so much Loveline in junior high.

$25 for a single album? That's worse than the CD prices people used to complain about!

I actually liked some of Nickelback's older stuff, but it was because it was depressing and I was a depressed teen. Didn't much care for "Photograph," but "Rockstar" was catchy. The dude definitely has a raspy, country, constipated voice; I see why people don't like them, but I just think they're generic as opposed to "the worst." I still like Linkin Park. They have a unique sound.

Good to know re: physical. I'll end up buying more physical copies.

I buy more than ever due to digital sales, but I'm going to see if gamely saves me money when I'm able to try before i buy some AAA $40 game like Bloodborne or Witcher III with high praise but that's not necessarily my style.